2014 — The Correction

2014 is a losing-side chapter for Northwestern. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Califo 24-31 L vs Nort Ill 15-23 W vs West Ill 24-7 W @ Penn St 29-6 W vs Wiscon 20-14 L @ Minnes 17-24 L vs Nebraska 17-38 L @ Iowa 7-48 L vs Michigan 9-10 W @ ND 43-40 W @ Purdue 38-14 L vs Illinois 33-47

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Northwestern 38, Purdue 14. A 24-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 7, Iowa 48. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Cats"
— Northwestern fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 sits in Northwestern's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.